Kary Mullis

"The most important thing is to keep the most important thing the most important thing."

"I invented the polymerase chain reaction at three in the morning."

"Science is not a democracy. It doesn't matter how many people agree with you; if you're wrong, you're wrong."

"You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself inside out."

"Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with superior communication skills."

"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create."

"If you don't know the answer to something, you ask a question."

"I like to think of myself as intelligent, but a lot of people think I'm crazy."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"DNA is made of atoms. That's all you need to know to understand biology."

"Life is about making an impact, not making an income."

"Intuition is something that's been in the human being for a long time."

"The key to innovation is to keep asking questions."

"You have to have passion for what you do."

"I believe in mules more than I believe in molecules."

"We are all made of stardust."

"The most important part of science is imagination."

"Life is a mystery, embrace it."

"Nobody has ever proved that reincarnation doesn't happen."

"I think everybody is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts."

"The greatest discoveries come from mistakes."

"You should always do things that excite you."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"The real tragedy is when you stop believing you can make a difference."

"Never underestimate the power of a good idea."

"I'm not afraid of anything anymore. Fear is a waste of time."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."

"The moment you stop learning is the moment you stop living."

"Beauty is truth in its most concentrated form."

"In science, you don't just accept authority; you question it."